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How do I tag messages in Case Data?

Tag messages, emails, and files during review to organize evidence by topic, issue, or relevance.

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Tag messages, emails, and files during review to organize evidence by topic, issue, or relevance. Tags belong to the case and carry through to searches, exports, and reports.

Tag a phone or social media message

Click a message to open the Evidence Panel. Under Tags, click a tag to apply it, or type a new name and press Enter.

Tag chip on a message in the conversation

The tag appears on the message in the conversation.

Tag an email

Email thread with the Tag control

Open the thread and click Tag above it to tag the whole thread.

Tag dropdown on an email

Pick a tag or type a new one in New tag and press Enter. To tag one message inside the thread, click Tag on that message instead.

Tag a file

Files list with a file selected

Open Files under the data source and click Tags to open the tagging panel.

File preview

Select a file to preview it; the preview also offers Download, Comments, and Snip.

Tag messages in bulk

Step 1: Choose the tag

Click Bulk Tag in the toolbar and pick a tag from Select a Tag to Apply, or create one.

Step 2: Click the messages

Messages tagged with Bulk Tag active

Every message you click gets the tag.

Step 3: Click Done

Done button in the Bulk Tag bar

This ends bulk tagging. A tag count appears next to the conversation in the sidebar.

Tag by keyword search

Step 1: Search the conversation

Search results with the Tag All icon

Type a keyword in Search evidence. The result count shows how many messages match.

Step 2: Tag all results

Click Tag All [N] Results, choose the tags, and click Apply.

Step 3: Confirm

The tags are applied to every matching message at once.

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